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Small clients, big need

By Katie Collins
Vivian Poole, a volunteer for Arlington diocesan Catholic Charities’ Baby Needs Closet, received a phone call a while ago from a woman who had been living in a hotel with her baby. The mother had used up all the diapers she could afford and then had gone through the hotel towels. Unable to meet her […]
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Nueva Hermana Josefina confiaba en los tiempos del Señor

By Maria-pia Negro
Esta es el segundo artículo de una serie sobre personas consagradas a Dios que el Catholic Herald estará presentando con motivo del anuncio del Vaticano de que el 2015 será el Año de la Vida Consagrada. Sin poder contener la sonrisa, la Hermana Cecilia Lizama, 28, recordó cómo hace solo unos días profesó sus primeros […]
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Breaking the chains

By Maria-pia Negro
Citing the pervasive nature of pornography, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde recently issued a new edition of his pastoral letter “Bought with a Price,” in which he reminds people that the church teaches that pornography “perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other.” Below, three married individuals talk about how they […]
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How old was St. Joseph?

By Fr. William Saunders
Q: The celebration of St. Joseph’s feast day prompted me to ask: How old was St. Joseph when Jesus was born? Every year, I receive Christmas cards, and some depict him as a very old man and others as a young man. (Sterling) A: The simple answer is that we do not have any record […]
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‘Performing corporal works of mercy’

By Maria-pia Negro
At the end of February, Dan Foos and his family took a weekday off to carry a hundred boxes of donated food from Christ House’s basement in Alexandria to a borrowed trailer. After loading the 40-pound boxes, the Fooses drove to a pantry in Front Royal, where the boxes will be distributed to pantries in […]
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The fascination with second-class relics

By Navar Watson
WASHINGTON – Of the 1,752 canons that make up the Code of Canon Law, just one refers to the sale of sacred relics. Canon 1190 Paragraph 1 says “it is absolutely forbidden to sell sacred relics.” But there’s kind of a gray area with regard to the offer of a relic in exchange for a […]
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Bishop’s letter on pornography still relevant

By Dave Borowski
It’s been eight years since Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde issued “Bought with a Price,” his pastoral letter on pornography. In 2006, the bishop called pornography a plague that “stalks the souls of men, women and children, ravages the bonds of marriage and victimizes the most innocent among us.” Public reaction to the first release […]
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Putting their college-age children in God’s hands

By Maria-pia Negro
Having a child go off to college can be challenging for a mother because she might feel she has lost her purpose and identity, said Laurel Howanitz, a parishioner of St. Mark Church in Vienna. That is why she formed a support group for St. Mark mothers to share their experiences during the transition and […]
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Does the church possess the actual bones of St. Peter?

By Fr. William Saunders
Q: I read where Pope Francis had the relics of St. Peter placed on public display for veneration during the Mass of Christ the King in November. Do we really have the relics of St. Peter? Where are they kept? (via email) A: Indeed, at the closing Mass for the Year of Faith (Nov. 24, […]
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Driven by the golden rule

By Dave Borowski
If you look around Mike Holupka’s office in the Anderson Co. building in Manassas, you’ll see mementos of a life well lived. Dotting the walls are pictures of his children and grandchildren, as well as those from companies where he’s worked as an executive. Those photos share the walls with sports mementos, including photos of […]

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